Hello,
Since the 13.17 update, the media control doesn't work as well as it used to. If I start a podcast from my phone (Google Pixel 9 Pro) it works fine. If playback is paused for a while, I can still see the podcast in the media widget on my watch, but tapping the play icon does nothing. I have to re-start the podcast from my phone. Prior to the update, as long as I could see the podcast on the widget, it worked fine.